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The Forty Rules of Love

Author: Elif Shafak  

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A magical, cross-century tale of self-discovery

Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.

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A magical, cross-century tale of self-discovery

Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.

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A magical, cross-century tale of self-discoveryElla Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, she is shocked out of herself. Turning her back on her family she embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work.It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse, taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored...

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Critic Reviews

“A gorgeous, jeweled, luxurious book”

The Times
With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon Independent
Enlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love Metro

Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent

Daily Telegraph
The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself The Times
The Times
Shafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance. With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon Independent
Enlightening, enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love Metro
Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent Daily Telegraph
The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself The Times

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About the Author

Elif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist and the most widely read female author in Turkey. She writes in both Turkish and English, and has published seventeen books, eleven of which are novels. Her work has been translated into fifty languages. Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey, the US and the UK, including St Anne's College, Oxford University, where she is an honorary fellow. She is a member of World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Creative Economy and a founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). An advocate for women's rights, LGBT rights and freedom of speech, Shafak is an inspiring public speaker and twice a TED global speaker, each time receiving a standing ovation. Shafak contributes to many major publications around the world and she has been awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. In 2017 she was chosen by Politico as one of the twelve people who would make the world better. She has judged numerous literary prizes and is chairing the Wellcome Prize 2019. Find out more about Elif Shafak on her website-

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Product Details

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Published
2nd April 2015
Pages
368
ISBN
9780241972939

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